THE LIBRARY
Stories From the Fracture Lines.
Books exploring history, identity, belonging, memory, justice, and the communities that shape us.
CURRENT FEATURED WORK
The American History Most Americans Never Learned.
For nearly fifty years, tens of thousands of foreign workers helped build the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands while remaining largely invisible to the nation they were helping build.
Shadows in Paradise uncovers one of the most overlooked chapters of modern American history through archival research, historical records, and the voices of the people who lived it.
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KAOZ Theory is the permanent digital home for books by CNMI author Kelvin Rodeo, preserving stories from the fracture lines of history, identity, justice, and belonging.
One Library. Many Shelves.
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SHADOWS IN PARADISE:
The Dark History of the CNMI Guest Worker Program
Published
KAOZ THEORY:
Poems from the Fracture Lines of a Breaking World
In Development
THE TIDES OF CHANGE
A political drama set in the CNMI exploring activism, democracy, and the power of ordinary people to change history.
In Development
CHILDREN OF THE CRASH
A sci-fi romance story set in the Northern Marianas after alien refugees crash-land in Marpi and the CNMI experiences many advancements from their technology.
In Development
SHORT STORIES
Stories written by Kelvin Rodeo that did not turn into full-length novels or novellas.
In Development
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Why I Write
Born on Saipan.
Son of Foreign Workers.
Amazon Bestselling Author.
Historian of Forgotten Stories.
I write about the people history overlooks.
The workers who built communities.
The families who crossed oceans.
The generations shaped by places they could not always remain.
Whether through history, fiction, or poetry, my work seeks to preserve stories that deserve to be remembered.
Start with Shadows in Paradise.
History is not only written by governments.
It is carried by workers.
By families.
By communities.
By ordinary people whose stories deserve to be remembered.
KAOZ Theory exists to preserve them.
Preserving Stories from the Fracture Lines of History.
BORN ON SAIPAN.
BUILT FROM STORIES.
DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE HISTORY FORGOT.
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